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Re: British comics in Greek magazines
Posted: 07 Feb 2016, 17:21
by Lew Stringer
comixminx wrote:chrisb wrote:I think the artist you are looking for is Yvonne Hutton.
Interesting! I am quite keen to know more about female artists as they tend to be little-known and little-represented - can you or anyone upload any images at all?
Yvonne Hutton had a long run as the artist of Roy of the Rovers in the late sixties/early seventies, producing some very nice colour covers:
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_E_0yRdO_WQ/U ... G_No.4.jpg
Re: British comics in Greek magazines
Posted: 07 Feb 2016, 17:36
by ramirez
Two more inquiries. The first is called "School of spies" in greek and it 's about, well, a school of spies. Kids that have a special talent (multilingual, pick pocketing, explosives etc.) are trained as spies and take on such assignments. I need some more info obviously.
Spy school
The other story is about a football team that uses some kind of strong wind device to assist their game. The greek title is "Strange adventure" which I 'm sure has nothing to do with the original. I 'm looking for title, magazine and authors please.
Football strip
Oh, and one more I forgot. Authors of "Truck Turpin" from Battle. Merci...

Re: British comics in Greek magazines
Posted: 07 Feb 2016, 18:00
by Lew Stringer
The football strip is Paxton's Powerhouse from Scorcher, 1970.
Re: British comics in Greek magazines
Posted: 07 Feb 2016, 21:00
by Robbie Moubert
School for Spies began in the Valiant dated January 5th 1974 and ran until the issue dated May 18th (the following week saw the merger with Lion). Don't know the artist I'm afraid.
Re: British comics in Greek magazines
Posted: 07 Feb 2016, 21:18
by colcool007
Robbie Moubert wrote:Valiant 579 p14_edited-1.jpg
School for Spies began in the Valiant dated January 5th 1974 and ran until the issue dated May 18th (the following week saw the merger with Lion). Don't know the artist I'm afraid.
Neville Wilson. Another criminally underrated artist in my opinion.
Re: British comics in Greek magazines
Posted: 07 Feb 2016, 23:14
by ramirez
Thank you all kind gentlemen for your help. Now if anyone knows the authors of Truck Turpin, I promise I won 't bother you for the next couple of weeks...
Re: British comics in Greek magazines
Posted: 08 Feb 2016, 11:21
by comixminx
Lew Stringer wrote:comixminx wrote:chrisb wrote:I think the artist you are looking for is Yvonne Hutton.
Interesting! I am quite keen to know more about female artists as they tend to be little-known and little-represented - can you or anyone upload any images at all?
Yvonne Hutton had a long run as the artist of Roy of the Rovers in the late sixties/early seventies, producing some very nice colour covers:
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_E_0yRdO_WQ/U ... G_No.4.jpg
Thanks Lew - nice stuff indeed!
Re: British comics in Greek magazines
Posted: 13 Feb 2016, 03:08
by ramirez
An episode of "King of the track" (in greek) can be seen
here and
here...
Re: British comics in Greek magazines
Posted: 13 Feb 2016, 18:39
by davidandrewsimpson
Ramirez
Truck Turpin was written by Alan Hebden and drawn by Cam Kennedy.
Re: British comics in Greek magazines
Posted: 14 Feb 2016, 01:46
by ramirez
Re: British comics in Greek magazines
Posted: 05 Apr 2016, 02:12
by ramirez
OK, I 've got new enquiries, so let 's see what else we can find. The first strip is about an orphan who 's trying desperately to save some money and buy a bicycle. Its greek title is
For a bicycle.
The second one is a WWII strip involving Japs, a teen and his boomerang and its greek title is, unsurpisingly,
The boomerang kid.
The third one is another WWII strip taking place in Holland, where a teen is used as a go-between the city and his brother who is a member of the resistance. Its greek title is
The young rebel and comes obviously from Victor.
There are a couple more which I believe are most likely of Spanish origin, so I don 't have high expectations to recognise them. Still, if you wish to take a look, they 're
Trafalgar,
Pirates and the
New adventures of Robinson Crusoe. Thanks in advance for your help...
Re: British comics in Greek magazines
Posted: 05 Apr 2016, 07:29
by colcool007
Ramirez, I am getting Error 404 on all those links.
Re: British comics in Greek magazines
Posted: 05 Apr 2016, 12:15
by Raven
The links don't work for me either, but I expect
For a Bicycle will be
The Potters of Poole Street from
Valiant, 1975.
http://i43.tinypic.com/21341dz.jpg
Re: British comics in Greek magazines
Posted: 05 Apr 2016, 17:02
by ramirez
I believe they 're fixed now. And Raven, you 're right about the Potters strip. It was mentioned earlier today in greatnewsforallreaders.com - great minds think alike etc.
Jack Pamby is mentioned as artist, but was John Stokes also involved? That page I 've uploaded above seems like his style.
Re: British comics in Greek magazines
Posted: 05 Apr 2016, 19:21
by Raven
ramirez wrote:Jack Pamby is mentioned as artist, but was John Stokes also involved? That page I 've uploaded above seems like his style.
Or is that John Catchpole? Some of the faces resemble his work in the 1976
Lion Annual.
The New Adventures of Robinson Crusoe looks like it's drawn by the same artist who drew
Survivor and
Valley of Fear for
Bullet, whom I don't think anyone here has been able to name.